First we read, then we write : Emerson on the creative process / by Robert D. Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Robert D., 1934-2020.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--19th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Books and reading.

Creative writing.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Knowledge and learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Writing was the central passion of Emerson's life. While his thoughts on the craft are well developed in "The Poet," "The American Scholar," Nature, "Goethe," and "Persian Poetry," less well known are the many pages in his private journals devoted to the relationship between writing and reading. Here, for the first time, is the Concord Sage's energetic, exuberant, and unconventional advice on the idea of writing, focused and distilled by the preeminent Emerson biographer at work today.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Reading; Keeping a Journal; Practical Hints; Nature; More Practical Hints; The Language of the Street; Words; Sentences; Emblem, Symbol, Metaphor; Audience; Art Is the Path; The Writer; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-98) and index.

ISBN:

1-58729-842-2

OCLC:

773566997